Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 11 , Pages 1038-1045 , November 2003

Characteristics of a two-stage screen for incident dementia

  • Kathleen M Hayden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Hygiene, The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • Ara S Khachaturian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Hygiene, The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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  • JoAnn T Tschanz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology and Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, 4440 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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  • Chris Corcoran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Utah State University, 3900 Old Main Hill, Logan UT 84322, USA
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  • Maria Nortond

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Consumer and Human Development and Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, 2905 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322, USA
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  • John C.S Breitner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Hygiene, The Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
    • Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, GRECC (S-182), 1660 South Columbian Way, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98108, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 206-764-2842; fax: 206-764-2569.
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  • for the Cache County Study Group

      Affiliations

    • Other Cache County Study investigators involved in the project: James Burke, M.D. Michelle Carlson, Ph.D. Marion David, Ph.D. Robert Green, M.D. Andrea Hart, Ph.D. Michael Helms, M.S. Carol Leslie, M.A. Constantine Lyketsos, M.D. Michelle Mielke, B.S. Brenda Plassman, Ph.D. Russell Ray, M.S. Christine Reagan, M.S. Ingmar Skoog, M.D. David C. Steffens, M.D. Martin Steinberg, M.D. Jeannette J. Townsend, M.D. Kathleen A. Welsh-Bohmer, Ph.D. Nancy West, M.S. Michael Williams, M.D. Bonita W. Wyse, Ph.D. Peter P. Zandi, Ph.D. Neuropsychologic testing procedures were developed by Drs. Welsh-Bohmer, Tschanz, and Plassman. Dr. Tschanz reviewed all individual test results. The board-certified or board-eligible geriatric psychiatrists who examined the study members at their residences included Drs. Steinberg, Breitner, Steffens, Lyketsos, and Green. Dr. Williams also examined several subjects and provided expert neurologic consultation. Autopsy examinations were conducted by Dr. Townsend. Ms. Leslie coordinated the autopsy enrollment program. Diagnosticians at the expert consensus conferences included Drs. Burke, Breitner, Lyketsos, Plassman, Steffens, Steinberg, Tschanz, and Welsh-Bohmer. Ms. Hart and West and Mr. Ray assisted Dr. Norton with the project's data management. Drs. Breitner, Corcoran, and Khachaturian assisted with the statistical analyses. Drs. Carlson, Plassman, and Skoog provided expert advice with aspects of study design and interpretation. Dr. Wyse supervised all aspects of the project's data collection and data management in Cache County.

,Accepted 7 November 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00247-6

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 56, Issue 11 , Pages 1038-1045 , November 2003

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